Thursday, May 20, 2010

Running in the mud.

Mud presents a pretty difficult terrain type to attack. Here are a few methods to plan your way through a truly muddy, crappy spot

1. Try to sprint through. If you're not wearing Gore-Tex this can pretty much screw your feet for the rest of the run. Not fun.

2. Try to attack the mud like this!-Get up on your toes-cut from the outside in on the outer perimeter of the mud patch-this will help you to direct your gait pressure outwards towards the most hard portion of dirt-This should create a semi-vacuum directly under the shoe, helping you to keep from getting wet

3. Walk. Carefully. 4. Your greatest enemy, the root, is now your greatest asset. Use them for dry platforms.